From The Four Condemning Novels Of Clothing Descriptions To Acceptance Of Western Culture In Late Qing And Early Min

Great changes have taken place in dresses in Qing-early Republican era, because ofthis, the costume changes become an important aspect of social life of study. Thisthesis will make the best of the literature, clothing science, folklore, history and so on;at first place the author will investigate the four reprehensive novels that describe thephenomenon of westernization in Chinese traditional clothing. And secondly, thethesis will express the course of westernization, this course including the change ofways of life, the communication of relationship among people, the transmit ways ofclothing, the gradient and variable of dresses. Thirdly, the thesis do researches on thereasons of westernization in all aspects, so, the author put forward a conclusion thatthe westernization is related to the Chinese politics, the changes of ideology and thenational communication. The last but not the least, this theses will analysis themeaning of westernization in three aspects: the waken of women’ awareness, thestarting of clothing industry, the internationalization of Chinese clothing. The authortries to reflect the deep characteristics of Mordant Chinese history, the changes ofcustoms from the westernization researches.